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Except that they make more than just cars. I held my nose while buying a Tesla power wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
They are not the only company making batteries.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
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The quote “Genius has its limits, I’m not sure about stupidity” could have been made for Trump
Did anyone mention this to him yet?
In British slang, “to trump” (intransitive verb) means to expel gas through the anus — e.g. Trumped from eating too much baked beans — often in a highly audible way (as in with trailing sound).
True, I had a choice of duracell, with a separate inverter, all of which would take up space inside the house. The Tesla powerwall has an integrated inverter and can be positioned outside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Not something I’m familiar with, just that I know there are lots of batteries on the market. Tesla cars were pretty good until a couple of years ago but they have been overtaken now in quality anyway but I still wouldn’t buy one. Musk is just too dangerous now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
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his approval rating with the UK public last month was -59%
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It's clear Trump and Netanyahu are alone internationally on this subject, I doubt they will care. It won't happen as no one will accept the millions of people. What I can see happening is Israel been given the green light to plunder land in Gaza and continue the slaughter
Keir Starmer
“Palestinians must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild and we should be with them in that rebuild - on the way to a two state solution
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that Gaza belongs to the Palestinians, and their expulsion would be unacceptable and a violation of international law
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares: "I want to be clear: Gaza is the land of the Palestinians who live there, and they must remain in Gaza".
China’s Foreign Ministry: "China hopes all parties will see the ceasefire and post-conflict governance as an opportunity to bring the Palestinian issue back onto the right track of a political settlement based on the two-state solution".
Hamas Spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri: "Our people in Gaza will not allow these plans to be implemented. The occupation and aggression against our people must end, rather than expelling them from their land".
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa the importance of advancing Gaza reconstruction projects without forcing Palestinians to leave the territory.
It does look like they may have gone too big too soon - fingers crossed...Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Most of what he has done so far won’t actually happen. All the exec orders will be challenged in court and rescinded. That’s not to say no damage will be done.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentDaleCooper
The last time he was in he achieved very little. Any permanent change needs laws passed in congress. He couldn’t do that last time and will have less chance this time.
Tarrifs he can do and other aspects of foreign policy but most stuff needs approval from congress. He has no chance of that now.
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There'll be some people in their congressmen's ears telling them not to pay too much attention to so-called morals, or politics, though, and instead vote for what's best for the American economy, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
He hasn’t put anything forward that helps the economy yet though.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
There are about 30+ republican budget hawks who will not pass anything at all that does not lower the deficit. Trump want to lift the debt ceiling in March and he will need democrats to do it. I can see a shutdown coming but don’t think Trump has the stomach for it and will cave.
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The moron only does it so he gets to look important on telly, doing those big fancy signatures with the giant pen whilst trying to look like a statesman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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About 100,000 eggs worth $40K stolen from trailer in Pennsylvania hopefully stolen to chuck at Trump & the Musk
Yip. I remember it from last time as well. I couldn’t say how many but I bet he didn’t pass many new laws or have many legislative achievements?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Remodelling the Supreme Court was about it?
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Someone really needs to tell him how "ideas" might one day become laws. Sadly neither of the houses appear brave enough to do their jobs just now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Guess there's more drinking bleach ideas, and turning other countries into Trump real estate coming.
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Lebensraum
That's about the only word missing from the Netanyahu / Trump press conference.
Though 'Sieg Heil' might have been an appropriate closing phrase.
:fuming:
LOL.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ntent=business
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The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13303662
Not everything he does is bad.
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Netanyahu on Sky news this morning, looking like the cat that got the cream, saying it was an amazing idea to move out the Palestinians to allow for rebuild and can't believe nobody thought of it before, sickening.
Farage seems to think it's a great idea too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Reaper
It’s not going to happen and Americans would do well to focus on the damage being done at home to their government agencies by Musk and his cronies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Reaper
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They don’t care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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I think the whole idea is that they don’t focus on what’s actually happening at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Exactly ……. a smokescreen. Netanyahu’s falling for it and creaming his pants but it’s not going to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
Let's pray it's not going to happen but the damage is already done. If POTUS is happy to suggest ethnic cleansing as a solution to regional conflict, what message does that send to other nation's people who have problems with ethnic minorities at home?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
No world leader with any integrity should be even talking to this bufoon until he withdraws his statement and apologises.
Trump - air traffic control specialist
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Judge stops Trump buy out redundancies.
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I sure hope it's a fair contest between all the companies headed by people called Elon before one of them gets the gig.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
Indeed. Reeks of the PPE contracts scandal here. I mentioned on another thread on the PM board about people making travel plans to the US. I’d be giving it a wide berth while all this stuff is swirling around.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
And also, if this mystery country’s ATC system is so good, why not just buy that in rather than build from scratch? Mental.
Nobody knows more about air traffic systems than him.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
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Somebody told him that nobody knows more about (insert subject here) than him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
People always seem to want to tell him things and seek his all knowing expertise. Detail, facts, where, who and when never seems to follow.
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Nobody knows more about people telling him about things he's an expert on, than him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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He didn't get to where he is today by not making it up as he goes along.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
And not constantly listening to non existent people.
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....and smart, very smart non-existent people...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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The sort of people who would decide to ethnically cleanse a country on a Monday the say on the Tuesday they were only kidding?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
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Of course them deny saying all of that then do it.
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Originally Posted by Kato
I would love to be sat in a room with Trump to ask him questions on Air Traffic Control Software.
It would be so rewarding to learn from the master.
You'd have to call him Sir, just like in his made-up anecdotes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
I’m sure he could persuade Musk to rustle up something at the weekend and have it up and running by next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
Seems like he'd just be giving away money that could be spent on the wall he never made a dent in last time, couldn't he just try rubbing a bit of bleach on the old system? Or get Kennedy on the case, knowledge of the subject isn't really required and if he can't get it fixed he could always just dump it in Central park.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
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....According to Rachel Maddox (msnbc) Elon musks workmate a 19year old hacker called "big balls" was granted permission to observe all air traffic rules and regulations she said this morning and it was clarified later on,so she said.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
“Flooding the zone” they call it. Muzzle Velocity as Steve Bannon would say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
Tesla sales down nearly 60% in Germany, wee shame
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Wait until they get rid of vaccines nationwide.
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They really are moronsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
this is something Farage will do en route to being PM :greengrin
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Darwin in action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
i thought this was a joke at first, but it's not
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen on X: "Trump just terminated the Chair of the Kennedy Center and has installed himself as the new chair. He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses. https://t.co/jMDyGg2Ok3" / X
Trump says he is firing Kennedy Centre trustees and naming himself chairman
‘When I hear the word culture, I release the catch on my revolver.’ - Josef GoebbelsQuote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
He obviously sees the arts as they are as degenerate.Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
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Maybe he's just going to knock up a few Venus De Milo's and a couple of Monarch of the Glen's whilst he's sitting on the bog eating his burger?Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
People are always telling him what a great sculptor/artist he is.
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Any Americans who ever asked themselves how they would have reacted if they were living in Germany in the early 30's have now got their answer, they're doing it now.
A lot did the same in the 30s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
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:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
Swapped out my American rye whisky (Ragtime and Sazerac) for Canadian and was very pleasantly surprised how nice the Canadian stuff is!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
Need to track down some Canadian corn whisky to substitute for bourbon now!
Well, the Bauhaus got closed!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
Good job, every little bit helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
Hope you were like 'bye bye pish American rye' as you were doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
I’m prepared to put my shoulder to the wheel when it’s important!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
How bad is Twitter/X these days? Went on it and it’s just stuff about people fighting each other and half naked birds and all sorts of crap.. really not good for someone’s mental health spending too much time on it at all.
Try Bluesky. It’s like Twitter used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Zazu
Bit quiet at the moment but getting better as more people switch
It's awful. Can't even open the app on the tram to work for the fear it'll just be chebs all over the shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Zazu
Trumps buying Gaza apparently, anyone got a link to the Ebay listing?
https://x.com/afshinrattansi/status/1888719257846038658
Reporter: Why do you want to be chairman of Kennedy Center board?
Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace.
Reporter: Have you seen any shows there?
Trump: No, I didn’t go.
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Originally Posted by grunt
I think he's trying to ensure the high moral standards that Americans expect and oppose the Moral Degenerates.
And as a Fraudster, Sex Offender and self proclaimed Pussy Grabber, he knows more than anybody about Moral Degenerates.
Carole Cadwalladr: "This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next."
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https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete
Those 27 banned words, not to be used on any NSA report or website:Quote:
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information. The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Washington DC Head Office being closed down.
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The big delete :faf:Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
Essentially, it sounds like anything that has one of the 28 keywords is to be deleted in its entirety, no questions asked. Given that there’s things like the word ‘gender’, you’ve got to wonder quite what massively important stuff is going to disappear at the NSA.
And 'bias' is a standard statistics term. Probably appears in everything research related.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by s.a.m
Privilege being another that will be used all over the place.
He’s going to run that country into the ground.
Despite our external laughter, Trumps approval rating is doing very well despite all the mental ****. Compare that to Starmer’s approval after a short time in the job.
He’s playing a PR blinder right now, even if there is no real substance to back it up because he is being seen as doing what he promised to do.
Elon Musks very frequent DOGE updates are a good example of this. He’s broadcasting multiple times a day the things they have found eye watering amount of tax money being spent on. Yes it’s pure propaganda but it’s also very effective, as well as a good reminder as to how capable governments are at wasting our money.
It might be tiny amounts in the grand scene of a budget but when your local community is seeing its local library or whatever closed due to lack of funding, posts like:
“ Items your tax dollars are being spent on: -$750,000 to study if the moon landing line was “One small step for Man” or “One small step for ‘A’ man”— the study was inconclusive”
are powerful.
Truthfully I’d like to see a non mental version of a similar thing in this country.
This is just mind blowing. As a Civil Servant myself, the thought that a Government could come in and just shut down departments is crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
These are people with lives, families, mortgages. People who work hard to deliver Government programmes and get little thanks for doing work. All they get is gardening leave and redundancy.
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His supporters are ****ing idiots. If they see him doing his exaggerated signature on the tele then that’s proof to them he’s doing a good job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul1642
I don’t think there’s anything that will convince the idiots that voted for him that he’s making a mess of it. As you say, the PR is really good and they’ll lap it up.
It takes a while. It took a while with Brexit and it’ll take a long, long time to undo the damage.Quote:
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I couldn’t agree more. I left and have no regrets whatsoever, it’s a toxic hell hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Zazu
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"I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America."
Just keeps coming.
Land of the free baby. 🇺🇸Quote:
Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish
We started writing a proposal with colleagues in the US back in October and hit the 'pause' button to see how things were going to shake out. Safe to say we've now abandoned it (it was in the space of climate adaptability).Quote:
Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish
I know a lot of colleagues over there who are looking at either new jobs or relocating.
Communist!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
This is where countries like ours have a tremendous opportunity to make the UK, THE PLACE to be to undertake scientific R&D. I can't imagine it would cost much in the grand scheme of things to make the UK as attractive as possible in terms of grants and conditions etc. Could really pay off for us long-term.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
100%, the UK and EU need to jump on the inevitable US brain drain. Massive opportunity for everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Exile
If only we hadn't sabotaged the finances of our own higher education establishments by leaving the EU, a move driven by exactly the same sort of moron who is going to drive the smart people out of the USA.
I agree that it is an absolutely colossal opportunity though. Hopefully somebody decent takes it.
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Unfortunately the Reform lot - and Starmer who seems to be doing all he can not to upset the Reform lot - don't want immigrants. So they can't come here. Shame really.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Exile
Don't they dislike experts, too, so two reasons not to want them here? :dunno:Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
Reform are concerning me, a few guys I know, who I genuinely believed were sensible have started saying they will support reform WTF 🤬
This is an ACTUAL bill presented to the House of Representatives.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-...ouse-bill/1161
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Look I don't know if this one is true or not. But if it is ...
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Surely that will be laughed out of Congress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
In Normal Times, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveF
Nothing to do with me Guv.
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I watched a bit of the Musk / Trump thing on Sky News last night.
It's still probably more surreal than anything right now, sinister the adjective that follows most closely.
Probably won't be long before it all gets a bit tedious.
It'll be interesting to see what follows on from this week's Ramstein meeting. This is the first time they'll be doing all of this sort of thing since the American adults left the building.
Literally the first image that came in to my head after seeing this photo…. What a sad time we live in.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
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Taking money from New York?
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